More austerity pusher GOP hypocrisy and deceit. Michael Grimm (R-NY) indicted.

I met Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY) several times while I was still at Fox News. I never liked or trusted him. He was a cocky dude and a diehard austerity pusher. "Too much spending, we gotta cut, balance the budget,"  blah, blah, same talk as all the other sadistic Conservative cretins. He didn't care who got taxed (yes, spending cuts are tax increases): seniors, students, children, needy families, as long as it wasn't his rich NY friends. They got to keep whatever.

Well it looks like Grimm has now been indicted on charges of Federal tax evasion, lying to authorities. He kept two sets of books of course at his Manhattan restaurant so he could show one to the IRS and keep the real money for himself. (What? Tax me???)

Another classic hypocritical asshole. No problem taking money from the needy and regular working stiffs, but the millionaires...they get to keep it all.

I wrote about this dude along with other Conservative cretins like NJ Governor Chris Christie (here and here) in several posts last year.

Grimm may be finally getting his due, but he won't go quietly. The guy is running for re-election so shame is clearly a word that is not in his vocabulary.

Karma's a bitch, eh Mike?

This could be the real reason Boehner cancelled the vote on Hurricane Sandy aid

Hat tip to Matt Franko, a MNE contributor, on this one. Matt does some great analytical work.

Anyway, he brought to my attention the fact that the Federal Gov't hit the debt ceiling on Monday, 12/31. Boehner abruptly cancelled the vote on the Hurricane Sandy aid bill on Tuesday, even though he had promised to hold it. An aide to Boehner said it was because of "everything that was going on," related to the fiscal cliff.

But was the real reason for the cancellation the fact that Boehner spoke to Tim Geithner and was informed that there are no funds for Sandy? Once the gov't is at the debt limit, then any new spending can only come from some other expenditure being cut.

I am sure Chris Christie does not know this, nor does Gov Cuomo, Peter King and definitely not that dunce, Michael Grimm.

Moreover, even if the vote is held, I am not sure these states will be receiving funds anytime soon. How does that happen under the debt ceiling?

While I hate to see the innocent victims of Sandy suffer, their representatives are avowed deficit hawks (with the exception of Cuomo) and have been railing for less spending and telling us the government was broke and out of money for a long, long, time. They've also been against raising the debt ceiling. So guess what guys? Your wish has come true...the gov't is out of money and it's YOUR constitutents who are going to feel it.

Total hypocrisy! GOPers, fiscal conservatives, Chris Christie, Michael Grimm, Peter King, cry when they don't get their money from the Fed's government

This trio--N.J. Governor Chris Christie, Representative Peter King (R-NY) and Representative Michael Grimm (R-NY)--take the prize when it comes to hypocrisy.

They're all staunch fiscal conservatives, who run around saying the government is broke, we're out of money and we need to see drastic spending cuts to ensure our national "solvency," yet they cry when they don't get THEIR money from the Federal government.

Christie gutted education, health care, police, fire, unions, I had a conversation with Grimm when I was still at Fox News where he hit all the conservative talking points about out of control spending, national solvency, etc and King as well, but now they're incensed that the government is not bailing out their states and constituents. This is a shameful display of hypocrisy. These guys are the worst of the worst.